Stakeholder Interviews

Over 30 stakeholders were interviewed prior to and during the drafting of this report. Below are seven of these stakeholder interviews. While not representative of all views regarding a national food strategy, these interviews provide examples of recurring concerns with and/or support for the concept, as well as suggestions for taking such a process forward.

Molly Anderson, Professor of Food Studies, Middlebury College

Ted Brady, Rural Development State Director for VT & NH, USDA

Kate Clancy, Food Systems Consultant/Visiting Scholar at the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins/Senior Fellow at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture